Add your own Graywater System

Graywater, the collection of soapy sink and bath water to be reused to flush the toilets, is a great idea. After all, why do we waste clean drinking water to flush the toilet?

Currently, due to health concerns, Graywater is prohibited in California for use in toilets, but allowed for irrigation. For more info on using Graywater in California, click here.

WaterSaver Technologies has invented a brilliant solution. Their Aqus installs a small tank under your sink to collect soapy water. A tiny water line runs back to your toilet, feeding in the water.

Last month, the good folks at WaterSaver sent us a kit to install in our office. Just opening the box was amazing. It really is a wonder of ingenuity, from the instruction diagrams to the simple way the mechanism operates. We quickly learned it takes someone quite handy to install the device when I tried to dump the project onto our intern, Emily.

They debuted their wonder at West Coast Green last week, and it was the hit of the show.

Priced at under $200, the Aqus can save some of the 4.8 billion gallons of water flushed down U.S. toilets each day. Since water is still relatively cheap, they estimate a payback of four years, but given the low price tag, who cares?! The real beuaty of their invention is that is brings Graywater savings to any existing toilet.

Story at Treehugger
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